Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richard...@intel.com> > Sent: Tuesday, August 6, 2024 7:28 PM > To: Gagandeep Singh <g.si...@nxp.com> > Cc: dev@dpdk.org > Subject: Re: [v1 1/3] meson: add a meson option to install examples > > On Tue, Aug 06, 2024 at 07:12:16PM +0530, Gagandeep Singh wrote: > > Adding a meson option "enable_examples_bin_install" > > to install the examples binaries in bin. > > > > Default value is false. > > > > Signed-off-by: Gagandeep Singh <g.si...@nxp.com> > > --- > > examples/meson.build | 13 ++++++++++++- > > meson_options.txt | 2 ++ > > 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > Is there a particular reason we might want to do this? Installing sample code > binaries in bin seems rather strange to me. > Currently, I can see only app binaries are getting installed in bin but not examples binaries. I am not able to find the particular reason behind this. The main reason to have the examples in installation directory is to provides a convenient way for users to explore DPDK's examples without having to manually scan each example build directory and copy them in their package. The default behavior remains unchanged.
> /Bruce